Saltpeter kettle and John Nelson, 1940
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Saltpeter kettle, man and a small child, 1940
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Saltpeter kettle, man and a small child, 1940
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Bottom of leaching vats, jointed end visible
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Cave, saltpeter vats, Young Hunt holding lantern
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Cave visitors standing at leaching vats with guide, Booth's Amphitheater
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Cave visitors standing at leaching vats with guide, Booth's Amphitheater
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Cave visitors standing at leaching vats with guide, Booth's Amphitheater
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Army activities at Mammoth Cave, soldiers at saltpeter vats on cave trip, 1941
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Army activities at Mammoth Cave, soldiers at saltpeter vats on cave trip, 1941
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Wooden beam in cave showing mold growth, possibly part of saltpeter vats
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Mr. Johnson in suit in saltpeter works in cave rotunda, where great grandfather owned cave
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Closeup of wooden beam in cave, showing mold deposits, possibly part of saltpeter vats
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Guide and Mr. Johnson standing in saltpeter works in cave rotunda, where great grandfather owned cave
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Visitors at saltpeter vats ascending stairs into Booth's amphitheater, there are three men and three women in the photograph
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Two saltpeter vats with large pile of nitrite dirt behind them, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, 1892
Mammoth Cave National Park
Photograph -saltpeter vats (glass negative) glass negative: the first saltpeter vats in Mammoth Cave. Kentucky: This photograph was taken by Ben Hains; printed in New Albany, Indiana; 1892. The photo shows the salt peter vats in the rotuna in Mammoth Cave. The photo shows two vats with large piles of nitrite dirt behind them- all of these things are in the rotunds, located in the historic section of Mammoth Cave. This is a glass negative for a black and white photograph. There is a printed inscription across the bottom of the photo "04 first saltpeter vats" and "copyrighted 1892 by H. C. Ganter.. Ben Hains, cave photographer.. New Albany, Ind, U.S.A.". measurements: height 202 mm, width: 252 mm. Thickness: 2 mm. Condition: good the original blue 10-254 lists this as a gift from Ellis Jones on 14 Dec, 1981. Originally housed gsu c, sh 4 with maca 3608-3645, 3724-3743, 3746-3749, 3872-3888, 3903. Caves, geology, mining, minerals.
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